Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Paramount Ruler and Alake of Egbaland, HRM, Oba (Dr.) Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo have expressed implicit confidence in the ability of the new Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Kolawole Salako to take the institution to unprecedented heights. Chief Obasanjo and Oba Gbadebo stated this in their goodwill messages …

The Nigerian Association of Engineering Craftsmen (NAEC), FUNAAB Chapter, has been inaugurated in the University. The Association has one of its major objectives of harmonising all competent and practicing artisans, craftsmen as well as technicians in the various engineering fields at the federal, states and local government levels. Speaking at the event, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olol…

The College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD), recently held a 2-day Refreshers’ Workshop for academic staff in the College at the Postgraduate School Auditorium. The workshop was the fallout of the Dean of COLAMRUD’s attendance at the Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES) International Dean’s Course that was designed for newly-appointed Deans and Head…

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has presented a certificate of accreditation to the University. With the feat, FUNAAB has become the first and only federal university in Nigeria to be ACCA-certified. Speaking on the procedure, which led to the accreditation, the Acting Head, Department of Accounting, Dr. Sunday Kajola, disclosed that over a year ago, representatives of AC…

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Professor Abdulrasheed Abubakar and the World Bank have advised the University, to improve the funding of its World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence in Agriculture (CEADESE) project, as sponsored by the World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE). According to Professor Abubakar, the visit to FUNAAB was to perform oversight duties at the …

The University began its weeklong celebration of the 23rd, 24th and 25th Combined Convocation Ceremonies with a Special Jumat and Interdenominational Church Service. Speaking at the Jumat Service, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ololade Enikuomehin, thanked Almighty Allah for His mercies and the grace of life, saying that “The grace of having to come back together as a family to beseech Thee…

The University has recorded milestones, as exhibited during its Research and Agricultural Fair, organized as part of activities of the 23rd, 24th and 25th Combined Convocation Ceremonies in the areas of entrepreneurial skills, livestock, farm produce, microfinancing and other production, associated with agriculture. FUNAAB Research and Agricultural Fair is an important part of academic life of the…

The nation’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief (Dr.) Audu Ogbeh, has informed graduating students of the University that the future is here, adding that the future was theirs and it would be determined by the abundance of food, as the most powerful ‘legislative house’ in the world was the stomach. Delivering the University’s 23rd, 24th and 25th Combined Convocation Ceremonies’ L…

The Visitor to the University and the President and Commander in Chief of Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, has charged newly-graduated students of the University to be job-creators rather than job-seekers. Speaking at the University’s 23rd, 24th and 25th Combined Convocation Ceremonies, President Buhari, who was represented by the Director, Directorate of Accr…